Websites for Restaurants and Cafés in Melbourne

Diners decide from their phone in under a minute: is it open, what is on the menu, can I book. We build restaurant and café websites in Melbourne with a menu you update yourself, table bookings through the system you already use, your own online ordering, gift vouchers and function enquiries, for venues from Oakleigh and Springvale to Mornington and the bayside strip.

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Australian team

Based here, working your hours, not a timezone away

144+

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Over 10+ years building and maintaining sites for Australian businesses

One developer, start to finish

The same person every time: no re-explaining your site

Straight answers, on your terms

We only take work we can finish. Ask us anything first: no obligation

Why should a restaurant menu be a web page, not a PDF?

Because a page loads instantly on a phone, can be read by search engines and assistants, and lets you change a price or a dish in seconds. A PDF has to be downloaded and pinched to read, and it is usually last season's. Each dish can carry dietary tags such as vegan or gluten free, specials can be switched on and off, and an allergen note tells people to ask staff.

Can people book a table from the website?

Yes, through the reservation system you already use, such as SevenRooms, OpenTable, ResDiary or NowBookIt, placed on the site so booking is one tap from the menu. Opening hours sit on every page, with public holiday hours updated in one place, because "are they open today" is the question nearly every visitor arrives with.

Should a restaurant run its own online ordering?

Usually alongside the delivery apps, not instead of them. Apps bring in people who have never heard of you, at a commission on every order. Your own ordering, for pickup or your own delivery, keeps that margin on regulars and keeps their details with you. It can run through WooCommerce or Shopify on your site, or link to your point of sale's own online ordering, such as Square or Lightspeed, where you already use one.

How should functions and events be handled online?

With a function page and an enquiry form instead of a PDF pack. The form asks for the date, number of guests, the occasion and the package they are interested in, so your events coordinator can reply with availability and a quote rather than a list of questions. Each enquiry goes into a CRM with a reminder to follow up, because function enquiries go cold quickly.

Can a café sell gift vouchers on its website?

Yes. Digital gift cards sold through Shopify or WooCommerce are emailed straight away, can be redeemed in the venue, and are something people buy at short notice for birthdays and holidays. The balance is tracked automatically.

How do locals find a restaurant online?

Mostly through Google Maps and search, where your Google Business Profile does much of the work. The website supports it: the same name, address, hours and phone number as the profile, a fast mobile menu, real photos and structured data that says you are a restaurant and where. We set up the website side; keeping the Business Profile itself up to date stays with you.

Where do you work with cafes and restaurants?

Our location pages for St Kilda, Clayton, Berwick and Ballarat cover cafes and restaurants in those areas. We are Melbourne based and build for venues anywhere in Melbourne and Australia.

What we build for restaurants and cafés

Each part links to the service behind it.

A WordPress venue website

A menu you edit in seconds, dietary tags, opening hours in one place, table bookings, a functions page and real photos that load fast on a phone.

WordPress development Melbourne

Online ordering and gift vouchers

Pickup ordering and digital gift cards on Shopify, set up for Australian payments and GST.

Shopify development

Function enquiries that get followed up

Function and event enquiries into HubSpot, Zoho or Pipedrive with reminders, plus a mailing list for regulars who opt in.

CRM integrations

A chatbot for the questions staff get all night

Answers "are you open on Monday", "do you have gluten-free options" or "can we bring a cake", and hands function enquiries to your team.

AI chatbots

A care plan for a busy season

Menu and hours changes made for you on the higher plans, plus tested updates, backups and monitoring. From $159/mo.

WordPress care plans

Delivery apps or your own ordering?

Many venues use both: apps for reach, their own ordering for regulars.

Feature Delivery app Your own online ordering
Brings in new customers Yes Mostly regulars
Commission on each order Yes No, payment fees only
Customer details stay with you No Yes
Delivery drivers provided Yes No, pickup or your own delivery
Your menu, your prices, your brand Partly Yes

Monthly care for a venue website

Month to month, no lock-in. Updates tested before they go live, backups, monitoring and developer hours on the higher plans. Prices in AUD.

  • Essential $159/mo Maintenance only
  • Dev Most popular $700/mo 10 developer hours a month, plus maintenance
  • Master $1,300/mo 20 developer hours a month, plus maintenance
  • Ultimate Quoted 20+ developer hours a month, or a fixed-price project

See what each care plan covers or compare every price. Every care plan includes our free Cloudy Chatbot plugin (basic), which answers visitors from your own Q&A.

Questions from restaurants and cafés

Can I update the menu myself?

Yes. Dishes, prices and specials are edited in a simple form in WordPress, and the menu page updates straight away.

Which reservation systems can the website use?

Most of the ones used in Australia offer a booking widget or link, including SevenRooms, OpenTable, ResDiary and NowBookIt. We check yours before quoting.

Can customers order online for pickup?

Yes, through your own ordering on the site or by linking your point of sale's online ordering if it has one.

Will you manage our Google Business Profile?

No. We make the website match it and set up the technical side; the profile itself stays with you.

Do you work with venues outside the south-east?

Yes, anywhere in Melbourne and Australia. We are Melbourne based and keep in touch by phone, email or video.

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Restaurant and café websites with a menu you edit, table bookings, your own online ordering, gift vouchers and function enquiries. Melbourne.

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From first call to live: four steps, no surprises.

Every CloudyWP project runs the same way, whether it is a one-page site or a store with a thousand SKUs. Here is exactly what happens.

01

We map what you actually need.

A single scoping call, then a written plan: what gets built, what it costs, and when it ships. No discovery-phase invoices, no moving targets.

  • Free scoping call
  • Written scope document
  • Fixed price, no hourly creep

48 hrs to your quote

02

We design and build it properly.

Custom WordPress or Shopify on clean code you own outright. Every build ships fast, passes Core Web Vitals, and is handed over documented.

  • Design signed off before build
  • Core Web Vitals passed
  • Full code ownership

95/100 average PageSpeed

03

We automate the busywork.

Your site talks to the tools you already run: CRM, invoicing, email, stock. The repetitive admin stops being someone's job and starts running itself.

  • CRM & invoicing connected
  • Stock and orders in sync
  • Alerts when something breaks

15 hrs saved every week

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